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I encountered these interviews on the internet. They have been conducted by various people.

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Endangered Planet: A PBS Presentation
 
Interview with Tsuginori Hamamoto
        Tsuginori Hamamoto is a fisherman in Minamata, Japan. He has been suffering for 42 years from an illness linked to the chemicals in Minamata Bay. In this interview Hamamoto talks about how the contamination of the bay led to his illness and reveals the source of this contamination: Chisso Corporation. For an eyewitness account of one of the effects of Japan's industrialization, please visit this site.
 
Interview with Richard Hayes
         Richard Hayes was studying at Yale to become a lawyer when he experienced a growing concern for the environment. This led to him and his friends funding an environmental law firm. This became the Natural Resources Defense Council. This interview reveals the state of environmental awareness in the 60's and its progress after revolutionizing actions like the birth of Silent Spring.
 
 
Interview with Enid Sisskin
 
        Enid Sisskin is the newest member of SACE's Board of Directors. She is currently the Executive Director for Gulf Coast Environmental Defense, which recently had a major victory against offshore drilling in Florida's Gulf region. Enid also works for public radio station 88.1 FM WUWF and is involved in the cleanup of some Superfund sites in Pensacola, FL. Visit this site if you are interested in learning about how you can become an environmentalist or to see what an environmentalist takes part in.
 
 
Interview with Al Gore
          
         Jordan Fisher-Smith interviews Al Gore about his novel Earth in Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit. Al Gore has been a strong environmentalist for years. One of the books that changed his life was Silent Spring. In his novel Gore states that humans have an important role in this web of life. He believes that the "deep ecologists" want to get rid of all humans. If you want to learn more about Al Gore and his fight for environmental awareness please visit this site. It is full of varying viewpoints on the whole environmental problem.
 

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Al Gore exchanges his views

     An Interview With Kathy Bowman

               Kathy Bowman, head librarian at Riverside Poly Highschool, composed a college essay in relation to Rachel Carson and her novel Silent Spring. She revealed that being raised on a farm, she dealt with the use of pesticides daily. The negative effects of DDT were miniscule in relation to the overall positive aspect of their use. Ms. Bowman revealed that she felt Carson had been somewhat of an alarmist in the novel. She ventured to say Carson had utilized scare tactics in her novel in order to relay her message. Although Ms. Bowman was unable to fully recollect her position that she took in her college essay, her opinion on Silent Spring further revealed that Carson's novel unveils an opinion about DDT opposite to the view of an everyday farm worker. Farmers and health officials of that day used DDT as a source of keeping away infected insects. This interview concludes that you cannot always trust what you read until you have researched that particular subject first for yourself.